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The
tests of the Solar Ponds Pilot Project and Salt Disposal Systems
now underway will continue. Additional tests on the biology of
the ponds and environmental health matters will be conducted.
Both
the disposal and marketing of salt from the tests and future
operational sites will be researched and evaluated. The Bureau
of Reclamation and the Authority are considering increasing the
scale of the tests and moving from a pilot project to
demonstration projects.
Increasing
salinity is a result of the high evaporation rates in the hot
desert climates. Water flowing into the Sea adds the equivalent
of a train of salt each day: several million tons a year.
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